The Icelandic film
"Þegar vitlaust er gefið
- um BRCA og brjóstakrabbamein"
6 PM at Decode
FREE
Icelandic and foreign presenters to deepen and broaden the discussion in Iceland on BRCA and hereditary cancer.
Hope to see you
The objective of the Icelandic BRCA organization is to enhance education and research on BRCA and provide BRCA carrier and their relatives the necessary knowledge and support.
Chairperson is Inga Lilly Brynjólfsdóttir, President of BRCA Iceland
Speakers:
9.30 Opening
- Anna Margrét Bjarnadóttir, MA. and the Conference Organizer
- Keynote Speaker: Sue Friedman, Executive Director, Force: “Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered”-
- Kristján Skúli Ásgeirsson, Nottingham Breast Institute og Brjóstamiðstöðin/Klíníkin Ármúla
- Kristín Hannesdóttir PhD student and her daughter Melkorka María Brynjarsdóttir
- Dr. Kári Stefánsson, Executive Director, Decode
- Vigdís Stefánsdóttir, Genetic Counsellor at Landspitali, MSc and PhD Student in Genetic Counselling
- Karen Malkin Lazarovitz, founder of BRCA Sisterhood
- Óskar Þór Jóhannsson, MD. PhD, Landspitali / University Hospital
- Alan M. Blassberg: Director of the film “Pink & Blue” - Colors of Hereditary Cancer
12.45 Lunch Break
13.30 Premier of the Documentaries: “Pink & Blue - Colors of Hereditary Cancer”
Panel Discussions
All the speakers and Jón Jóhannes Jónsson, Chief of Genetics in Iceland
Moderator: Hulda Bjarnadóttir mediaperson and BRCA carrier
16.00 End of Conference – Light Refreshments
Date: Saturday March 10, 2018
Venue: Veröld – Vigdís House at Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland
Startes at 9.00 AM
Lunch and light refreshments included
Cost: 2000 ISK